News & Feature Stories
The Boys Are Back In Town
The Monk in Freo has a new dream team in charge and is busy redesigning the venue, the beers and the menu – and starting a barrel room program to boot.
Crafty Six: Independence Day
You could argue that American craft beer has influenced Aussie brewers more than any other beer scene in the world. So, for July 4th, we've chosen six of the best locally-brewed, US-inspired beers.
No Place Like Home
Eight months after it started brewing operations, Young Henrys Beer Farm in WA is breaking away from Young Henrys to become a separate entity.
Beer Food: The Mega Dega Dessert
Yesterday we announced Mitch from Beersine was to be our regular beer food guru. Here he presents the dessert he created to pair with Clout Stout at Good Beer Week's Mega Dega III.
Introducing Beer Food with Beersine
This week, we're kicking off regularly features on beer and food pairing and cooking with beer in the company of WA beer food maestro Mitch from Beersine.
Lady Burra: Lady of Mystery
The small brewery renaissance in South Australia continues with Adelaide welcoming its own brewpub. Matt King checked out the just opened Lady Burra Brewhouse.
Grifting Into The Unknown
Three years after they started brewing as guests of Young Henrys, the Grifter Brewing Company is opening its own brewery in Marrickville.
Crafty Six: Winter Warmers
There's a plethora of great winter beers released across Australia each year. Contributor Graham Frizzell picks six of his favourites. Do they warm your cockles too?
Who Brews Hemp Ale?
We fired a few questions at Miryam, who combines head brewer duties at Cavalier with her own brand, Kettle Green, which launched with a hemp ale.
Big Beers
With winter closing in, here's an article The Crafty Pint's founder originally wrote for James Halliday's Wine Companion Magazine looking at big, hearty beers.
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Brew & A: Black Dog Brewery
Winemaker and brewer James Booth produces every drop that leaves Glenrowan's Taminick Cellars and Black Dog Brewery. Here, he tells us what inspires his double life.
Podcast People: Inebriation Nation
For our latest look at the world of beer-focused podcasts in Australia, we shine our Podcast People spotlight on the team behind Inebriation Nation.
Crafty Pubs Dominate Sydney Pub Awards
A host of Sydney's best craft beer venues took out most of the awards at the second Time Out Sydney Pub Awards, with Dove & Olive collecting Best Pub and Publican of the Year.
Wayward Brewer Puts Down Roots
Having won fans and awards in its short lifetime, NSW brewing company Wayward will be a gypsy no more after building its own brewery in Annandale.
Beer Nuts: Crafty Kev
The results of the Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beer Polls are always highly anticipated. For one man, the 2015 announcement became the start of a mission.
Going Dutch
A new craft beer venue for Perth opens today. The Dutch Trading Co is being opened in Victoria Park by a team with a fine beer world pedigree.
From Vine To Bine
A pair of Kiwi winemakers who bonded over home brew have become the latest brewing company to launch in Melbourne. Meet the hop lovers from Hop Nation.
Brew Pact
A champion home brewer today launches the first Pact beers in his hometown of Canberra, with a mission to see better beer throughout the city's venues.
On The Hop Again
Bendigo On The Hop is a unique moving beer festival that sold out its inaugural event in 2014 and is back for a second run in 2015.
Hop Swapping
Bootleg Brewery bring their retired pale ale back – sorta – with a new series of single hop beers designed to showcase different hop varieties from around the world.
Sounding The FogHorn
Former Murray's head brewer Shawn Sherlock has opened his own venture, the impressive FogHorn Brewhouse in the heart of his hometown of Newcastle.
Australian International Beer Awards 2015 Winners
In its 18th year, Mountain Goat took home the Champion Beer Trophy for the biggest beer it has ever brewed at last night's Australian International Beer Awards.
Biting Back
Shark Island Brewing Co was one of the businesses badly affected by a failed equipment supplier. Months on from their intended launch, they finally have beer.
Podcast People : Brunswick Beer Collective
With Good Beer Week in full swing, we find out who's behind a new Melbourne-based beer podcast, Brunswick Beer Collective.
Craft Beer Heroes: Steve & Guy
In advance of the Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular hitting Melbourne and Sydney, we find out what drives its founders, who also run The Local Taphouses, to aim so high.
Time Out Melbourne Pub Awards Winners
The Last Jar took the top gong at the 2015 Time Out Pub Awards as many of the city's craftiest venues collected trophies too.
As Easy As Adelaide, Beer, Celebration
The beer lovers of Adelaide look set for a treat this winter as a major new beer festival comes to town: the Adelaide Beer & BBQ Festival.
Crafty Six GBW Special #10: Gimme More More More
With the Opening Party tonight, it's time for our final Good Beer Week themed preview. This one highlights events offering loads of different beers under the one roof. Have a great week if you're joining the party!
Bring The Love
It's time for the Aussie beer world's biggest annual love fest. To all those coming to Good Beer Week, have a great week. To those who aren't, time to avoid social media for a week and start planning for 2016!
Boys n the Hub
For the fifth Good Beer Week, the Festival Hub is moving to Beer DeLuxe in Fed Square – the place where the initial conversation that sparked the festival took place in 2011.
Cali-borations
Three small Victorian microbreweries have been given the opportunity of a lifetime – collaborating with Californian breweries on new beers for Good Beer Week.
Crafty Six GBW Special #9: Learn Stuff
Our penultimate themed preview for Good Beer Week 2015 looks at some of the events set to elevate your beer knowledge to new levels.
Getting Blind with Crafty: English Ales
We head to the land where The Crafty Pint's founder spent most of his formative years for this blind tasting, which features a range of English style ales.
Drinking In Style: English Ales
They may not have the sex appeal of many US-inspired contemporary beers, but classics are classics for a reason. Here our resident scholar looks at some of the most popular English ale styles.
Crafty Six GBW Special #8: Fun & Games
With just days to go until Good Beer Week 2015, time for another preview to help you pick your perfect event, this time looking at some of the fun times that lie ahead.
Prepare For #PoO15
Since launching in 2012, the Pint of Origin has grown into one of Good Beer Week's most popular features. Here's what to expect in 2015.
Sweet 'n' Sour Mash
Last year, sister breweries Mash and 3 Ravens picked up several major trophies at the Australian International Beer Awards. Much has changed since, as we discover.
Crafty Six GBW Special #7: Not Beer
Good Beer Week 2015 is less than two weeks away, so here's our seventh themed preview to help you find events. This one looks at events offering more than just beer.
Who Brews Steam Train?
For our latest Q&A with a young Aussie brewing company, we find out a little about two brothers from the Otways currently gypsy brewing as they plot their own Crowes Nest brewery.
Another Crafty Dozen
We've added 12 more breweries, bars and bottleshops to our Australian craft beer directory since the last roundup, which means it's time for another one.
Crafty Six GBW Special #6: Degustations with a Difference
As we reach the halfway point in our series of Good Beer Week previews, we highlight some of the quirkier degustations on the dega-heavy program.
Barrel Boys
Boatrocker Brewery is on the verge of opening a major barrel room and bar following investment from the group that previously launched Little Creatures.
Crafty Six GBW Special #5: Hit The Road
Time for our fifth themed Good Beer Week 2015 preview. For this one, we pluck out some adventures for those who fancy hitting the road.
Brew & A: Barossa Valley Brewing
Our latest Brew & A focuses on the new face heading up brewing at one of South Australia's longest-established micros, Barossa Valley Brewing.
G'day From SA
The buzz around the South Australian beer scene isn't confined to SA itself anymore. A number of the state's micros are now distributing interstate for the first time.
Crafty Six GBW Special #4: The Foreign Invasion
The fourth of our Crafty Six themed previews of this year's Good Beer Week focuses on the international brewers arriving in Melbourne next month.
Win A Good Beer Weekend
Good Beer Week has launched a competition with Tourism Victoria that will see two people flown to Melbourne for a $3,000 plus Good Beer Weekend prize.
Crafty Six GBW Special #3: Country Life
Our third preview of the forthcoming Good Beer Week festival sees us take to the road to shine a light on some of the sweet events taking place in regional Victoria.
Crafty Six GBW Special #2: Something Completely Different
For our second Good Beer Week 2015 preview, we look at some of the more unusual events to have been concocted for this year's festival.
Seeking Council
Local councils might not seem the coolest brewing collaborators but two new projects in Sydney feature just that, highlighting, perhaps, the growing understanding between small brewers and local government.
